Photo courtesy of Javier Goirigolzarri
Previous thinning and fuels treatments on the Deschutes National Forest allowed firefighters to successfully ignite backfires, stopping the progress of the Pole Creek Burn in 2012.

Photo courtesy of Don Morrison
The harvest, transport and placement of large wood in streams for fish habitat improvement is just one of many tasks a stewardship contract may accomplish in exchange for timber. On the Umpqua National Forest this type of work was accomplished by the Flat Stewardship Contract on the Diamond Lake Ranger District in Fish Creek, a tributary to the North Umpqua.